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Kentucky Baptist Convention « Reply #110 on Oct 4, 2009, 10:23pm »
University of the Cumberlands Dedicates the Ward and Regina Correll Science Complex Release prepared by Robert Reeves, KBC Communications
University of the Cumberlands, on September 21, dedicated its newest classroom building, the Ward and Regina Correll Science Complex, which is named for two generous benefactors who contributed much to help make the building possible. Named in memory of Regina Tartar Correll, who passed away on June 7, 2008, and in honor of Ward Correll, Somerset businessman and philanthropist, the new building was completed in December 2008 and opened its doors for classes at the beginning of the spring 2009 semester.
An elegant replica of Jefferson’s masterpiece, Monticello, the Correll Science Complex is a perfect example of how Cumberlands reveres the past and honors the patriots who dreamed the dream of a United States of America, yet stands firmly facing forward into the 21st century. Inside, the feeling of walking into the 18th century continues, with marble floors leading forward, and graceful, twin staircases rising upward on either side of the domed entrance hall with its mural of constellations. Although period-inspired paint colors and woodwork features can be seen throughout the building, the corridors and staircases quickly leave the past behind. They lead forward and upward to 21st century classrooms, a 134-seat seminar room, laboratories, study rooms and a computer laboratory, all equipped with internet capabilities to provide a state-of-the-art learning environment for today’s math and science students. In addition, the previously existing science building has been updated and renovated to blend with the new architecture, and the two buildings are connected by corridors to complete the science complex, encompassing 78,000 square feet.
“University of the Cumberlands can boast of a well-earned reputation in the sciences, and this marvelous new facility will allow the students and faculty members who work and learn here to strengthen that reputation as they establish careers and create an impact in the region and, ultimately, the world,” said Dr. Jim Taylor, president.”
The dedication ceremony began as a joint convocation in the O. Wayne Rollins Center, which included all the student body, as well as faculty and staff members, Mr. Ward Correll and special guests, including Correll family members and friends. The program featured acknowledgments for Brian Early, principal architect, and David Jackson, contractor of the building, and for Wayne Taylor, class 1972, the artist who painted the mural in the dome, which is a replica of the constellation mural in New York City’s Grand Central Station.
Taylor spoke of the six years since he and Correll had discussed the possibility of building the science complex. He told the audience, “Ward and Regina Correll hold a special place in our lives, hearts, thoughts and in the history of this institution.”
Dr. French Harmon, pastor of Somerset First Baptist Church, where the Corrells have been dedicated, faithful members, delivered the convocation message. Harmon used three words to describe Mrs. Correll: commitment, character and class, and he spoke of Mr. Correll’s philosophy, “Attitude impacts altitude. If you think you can do it, you can.” He wanted the students to know something about these two individuals whose love of God and faith in Jesus Christ had led them to help make this marvelous facility available to current students and to generations of future students.
Following the convocation, the special guests and a number of audience members walked across campus to the entrance hall of the Correll Science Complex for the remainder of the dedication service. There, Taylor spoke directly to Correll, saying, “No edifice ever rose to meet the sky until someone said it should, believed it could and willed it must, and Ward, you did just that.”
Dr. Sarah Ash, assistant professor and chair of the biology department, expressed the gratitude of the faculty members. “Because of the benevolence of Mr. Ward Correll, we now have a facility that rivals any undergraduate science complex in the state .It has provided the possibility of strengthening an already strong program and producing successful graduates for many years to come,” she said.
At most colleges, students pursuing majors in science, technology, pre-engineering or math (STEM) represent 5-7% of the student body, while STEM majors comprise 29% of Cumberlands’ enrolment. Two seniors, Chandra Thomas, of Lexington, and Marie Dennison, Salyersville, thanked Correll for the new facility on behalf of today’s students and the thousands who will follow them. “I know that, as a future physician, the care of my patients will be better, thanks to the learning opportunities you bestowed upon me in the Correll Science Complex,” said Dennison.
The Chamber Choir, directed by Dr. Jeff Smoak provided a stirring rendition of “On Holy Ground.”
Then the ceremony concluded as Dr. Larry Cockrum, academic dean, led the audience in a litany of dedication, to dedicate the Ward and Regina Correll Science Complex to “…the Glory of God and the pursuit of excellence in learning and service.
The preceding article was from the Kentucky Baptist Convention which is affiliated with several Clay County churches who are members of the Booneville Baptist Association. Read the entire article at kybaptist.org.
Booneville Baptist Association consists of 25 churches in Clay and Owsley counties which are affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Kentucky Baptist Convention. For more news and information go to..... Booneville Baptist Association
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Kentucky Baptist Convention « Reply #111 on Oct 5, 2009, 6:45pm »
‘Find it Here’ to Be Focus of KBC Annual Meeting Release prepared by Robert Reeves, KBC Communications
“Find it Here: Sharing Christ Across Kentucky” will be the theme of the 2009 Kentucky Baptist Convention annual meeting Nov. 10 as Baptists from across the commonwealth focus on preparation for a major evangelistic campaign planned for next spring. Messengers to the 172nd annual meeting at Severns Valley Baptist Church in Elizabethtown will see video reports, hear testimonies, and listen to inspirational messages in what could be considered a major convention-wide pep rally for the “Find it Here” initiative.
“Find it Here” is a major evangelistic push aimed at helping Kentucky Baptists fulfill the Great Commission in the state by sharing the gospel with up to 1.5 million households. Some 50,000 volunteers from the more than 2,400 Kentucky Baptist churches will be delivering a bag with a gospel presentation and brochure from their church to the homes in their area. The door-to-door delivery is slated for March 6-21 and will be supported by a major media campaign on TV and radio.
Many Kentucky churches have already been preparing for the “Find it Here” initiative by prayerwalking the areas where they will be delivering the gospel presentation, providing witness training to church members, and working to improve church facilities and programs in order to make the best first impression on guests who may be visiting as result of the effort.
“In the history of the Kentucky Baptist Convention there has never been such an all encompassing evangelistic initiative,” KBC Evangelism Team Leader Ross Bauscher said in encouraging Baptists to both participate in the evangelistic campaign and to be a part of the annual meeting.
More than 1,000 messengers and guests from churches across the state are expected to meet for convention business, fellowship and inspiration. Other business of the annual meeting will include setting a new budget goal for the Cooperative Program and electing convention officers. Depending on action taken by the Kentucky Baptist Mission Board in its meeting Nov. 9, messengers to the annual meeting may also be requested to ask that KBC President John Mark Toby appoint a Great Commission Task Force for Kentucky.
The task force would be asked to study “how Kentucky Baptists can work more faithfully and effectively together in serving Christ through the Great Commission.” It would bring its report and any recommendations it might have to messengers attending the 2010 annual meeting at Immanuel Baptist Church in Lexington. The Mission Board’s administrative committee has asked the full board to consider recommending the formation of the special committee in response to action at the Southern Baptist Convention in Louisville in June.
Messengers to that meeting asked SBC President Johnny Hunt to appoint a task force to examine how Southern Baptist national organizations are engaged in helping fulfill the Great Commission. That task force has already begun its work and will be reporting back to SBC messengers next June in Orlando.
The KBC annual meeting will have three sessions – morning, afternoon and evening – with each anchored by a major address to messengers. KBC President John Mark Toby, pastor of Beacon Hill Baptist Church and current first vice president for the SBC, will deliver the annual president’s address during the morning session. Dr. Al Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville and a member of the SBC’s Great Commission Task Force, will bring the annual convention sermon that afternoon.
The Tuesday evening address will be presented by Dr. Jay Strack, the president and founder of Student Leadership University. Strack is the author of several highly acclaimed books, including: The Three Success Secrets of Shamgar and Good Kids Who Do Bad Things, and the editor of three study Bibles: The Transformer, True Love Waits, and IMPACT. He has been a highly sought after speaker for NBA and NFL training rooms, WalMart, NASA, Johnson & Johnson, Chick-fil-A, the Air Force Academy, NASA and many others.
Convention messengers will also hear on Tuesday morning a report from KBC Executive Director Bill Mackey on the Kentucky Baptists Connect emphasis. This year marks the culmination of the original five-year run of this special initiative during which Kentucky Baptist have focused on renewing commitments to evangelism, missions, leadership training, church growth, networking, and relationships with Baptist agencies and institutions. Kentucky Baptists Connect has been extended for three more years in order to address goals that have not yet been reached and address additional opportunities. Mackey is expected to highlight Kentucky Baptists’ achievements through Kentucky Baptists Connect and encourage renewed passion for efforts to reach the lost in Kentucky.
Convention officers will be elected on Tuesday afternoon. The only announced candidate for president thus far is Don Mathis, a vocational evangelist and staff member at Eastwood Baptist Church in Bowling Green. Mathis, 67, who was KBC president in 1985-86, will be nominated by Darren Gaddis, pastor of Central Baptist Church in Corbin, who served as KBC president in 2006-07 and is chairman of the KBC Mission Board’s administrative committee.
Adam Greenway, a professor and administrator at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, will be nominated to serve as first vice president. Greenway, 31, is a member of the First Baptist Church of Mount Washington. He will be nominated by Dr. Bill Henard, pastor of Porter Memorial Baptist Church in Lexington. No candidates have been nominated to date for the positions of second vice president, secretary or assistant secretary.
The Kentucky Baptist Pastors’ Conference meeting will precede the annual meeting in the same location on Nov. 9. The Pastors’ Conference will feature two sessions on Monday afternoon and evening. The afternoon session from 2-4:45 p.m. will feature Roger Williams, pastor of Annville Baptist Church in Annville, Ky.; Jamie Ward, associate pastor of preaching and evangelism at Hillvue Heights Church in Bowling Green; and Ken Weathersby, senior strategist in church planting for the North American Mission Board.
The evening session from 6-9 p.m. will feature Mathis; Dr. Phil Hoskins, pastor of Higher Ground Baptist Church in Kingsport, Tenn.; and Ergun Caner, president of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va.
To see the full KBC Annual Meeting and Pastors’ Conference schedule, visit www.kybaptist.org/annualmeeting. The Kentucky Baptist Convention is a cooperative missions and ministry organization made up of more than 2,400 autonomous Baptist churches in Kentucky. A variety of state and worldwide ministries are coordinated through its administrative offices in Louisville, Ky. including: missions work, disaster relief, ministry training and support, church development, evangelism and more.
The preceding article was from the Kentucky Baptist Convention which is affiliated with several Clay County churches who are members of the Booneville Baptist Association. Read the entire article at kybaptist.org.
Booneville Baptist Association consists of 25 churches in Clay and Owsley counties which are affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Kentucky Baptist Convention. For more news and information go to..... Booneville Baptist Association
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Kentucky Baptist Convention « Reply #112 on Oct 19, 2009, 4:57am »
Severns Valley Baptist Church to Host Pastors’ Conference Release prepared by Kristie Randolph, KBC Communications
Kentucky Baptist pastors have the opportunity to be challenged and encouraged at the Nov. 9 Pastor’s Conference, which will be held at Severns Valley Baptist Church in Elizabethtown. The conference will lead in to the annual meeting of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, which will be held at the same location on November 10.
Using the theme “It’s All About Him,” the event is designed “remind pastors why we do what we do, and who we do it for,” said Tom James, pastor of Eastwood Baptist Church in Bowling Green, and president of the 2009 KBC Pastors’ Conference.
“It is my hope that those who come will be challenged to refocus on Christ,” James said. “Pastors often get sidetracked because we get busy about the business of church. We want to refocus on Jesus.”
The theme is based on Galatians 2:20, which James said is his life verse.
“It’s my conviction that everything we do is about the Lord. I’ve asked the guest speakers to just preach on Jesus,” said James.
Speakers for the conference include Ergun Caner, president of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary in Lynchburg, Va.; Phil Hoskins, pastor of Higher Ground Baptist Church in Kingsport, Tenn.; Don Mathis, staff evangelist, Eastwood Baptist Church in Bowling Green; Jamie Ward, associate pastor of preaching and evangelism, Hillvue Heights Church in Bowling Green; Ken Weathersby, senior strategist in church planting for the North American Mission Board in Alpharetta, Ga.; and Roger Williams, pastor of Annville Baptist Church in Annville.
The afternoon session of the conference will run from 2-4:45 p.m., followed by the evening session from 6-9 p.m.
Special music will be provided by Dana Ellis, worship pastor for Eastwood Baptist Church, and will involve the church’s praise team, praise band, and praise choir. James is finishing a one-year term as president of the Pastor’s Conference. Kevin Smith, pastor of Watson Memorial Baptist Church in Louisville, is the president elect. Wesley Noss, pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Versailles, is the secretary.
No pre-registration is required for the Pastors’ Conference, and there is no cost to attend. For more information about the 172nd annual meeting of the KBC, go to www.kybaptist.org/annualmeeting. The Kentucky Baptist Convention is a cooperative missions and ministry organization made up of more than 2,400 autonomous Baptist churches in Kentucky. A variety of state and worldwide ministries are coordinated through its administrative offices in Louisville, Ky. including: missions work, disaster relief, ministry training and support, church development, evangelism and more.
The preceding article was from the Kentucky Baptist Convention which is affiliated with several Clay County churches who are members of the Booneville Baptist Association. Read the entire article at kybaptist.org.
Booneville Baptist Association consists of 25 churches in Clay and Owsley counties which are affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Kentucky Baptist Convention. For more news and information go to..... Booneville Baptist Association
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Kentucky Baptist Convention « Reply #113 on Oct 20, 2009, 4:40pm »
It's Not Always Glamorous, But CP Sure Is Vital Robert Reeves, communications director Kentucky Baptist Convention
Designated gifts are wonderful things. Just ask any pastor who has experienced the joy of having someone in his congregation share that they want to make a special donation to buy the new piano needed in the sanctuary, make the lead gift to get the church's capital campaign off the ground, or make up the difference between what the youth group raised and what they need for their upcoming summer missions trip. These important and valuable gifts are often answers to prayer with their givers inspired by the Lord to meet a very specific need.
Giving a designated gift is fun as well. It's nice to know that when I give to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering, the World Hunger Fund or to any of the other excellent special offerings we have in Southern Baptist life that the money I give is going to a very specific cause and to nothing else. I get great joy from the thought that my gift is making it possible for someone I will probably never meet in person to receive a Bible, hear a Gospel message or eat a meal. Being able to picture these specific needs being met become a part of my worship and helps me to rejoice in the Lord and give Him the glory for what He is doing in the world.
But while I am very grateful for these special offerings and rejoice with those who are blessed with the ability to make those big gifts, designated giving makes me even more thankful for the Cooperative Program in Southern Baptist life. I say this as someone who can trace my very salvation -- or at least the opportunity for it -- to both kinds of giving.
My testimony is that I came to Christ as a child through the ministry of Southern Baptist missionary Alvin "Bud" Spencer at Koza Baptist Church on the island of Okinawa, Japan, back in 1967. Part of Spencer's ministry there was to American military personnel on the island and I have to wonder what my life would be like today if both the Cooperative Program and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering hadn't been around to make the big ex-Marine's ministry to my family while my father was stationed there possible.
What is exciting about the Cooperative Program to me, though, is that it provides the foundational support for many, many ministries in Southern Baptist life. In a sense, it is the underpinning of the Cooperative Program that makes the impact of designated giving more powerful.
Yes, I know the Cooperative Program is not seen as being too glamorous these days. To start with, the word "program" bugs some people and the name feels a little dated after nearly 85 years. There was even a movement to consider changing the name a few years ago although it didn't really go very far. "Cooperative Program" is so well known in Baptist life that leaders were concerned that changing the name risked confusing people.
The Cooperative Program is also not glamorous because in its role as "foundational support," it does a lot of things that aren't nearly as interesting as those things that receive designated giving. For instance, it's the Cooperative Program that turns the lights on at the International Mission Board, North American Mission Board, state conventions, the SBC Executive Committee offices, etc. At the Kentucky Baptist Convention, it buys the videotape that enables us to tell the story of a life that's been changed. It provides training to help Sunday School teachers be more effective in sharing the Gospel with their classes. It provides funds to help ministers who have lost their positions understand what happened and transition to new ministry opportunities. It helps repair the roof on a Baptist campus ministry center on a college campus. It pays the auditing firm that is used to make sure all gifts are accounted for and spent properly.
All of the above and much, much more are important, even vital to the ongoing mission of fulfilling the Great Commission. They don't get talked about a lot because they don't make great inspirational stories but those things that really get our hearts pumping are made possible because the Cooperative Program is there.
In fact, have you ever thought about why, when the World Hunger Fund is promoted, we are able to claim that "100 percent" of your gifts are used to meet hunger needs? Surely someone has to administer those funds. Surely someone has to handle food distribution. Surely there are some expenses to be paid that are outside the scope of the stated purpose of the offering. Of course there are. But the beauty of Southern Baptist giving through the Cooperative Program is that CP has already picked up the tab for all of these other expenses. Thus when you make a gift to the World Hunger Offering, the accounting is administered by state convention and denominational accounting departments and personnel are already in place to meet the hunger needs. That means that 100 percent of your gift really is able to go right where you designated it -- to feeding someone who is hungry.
And this scenario is pretty much the same with whatever designated gift you make in Baptist life -- whether the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, Annie Armstrong Easter Offering or some other designation. Your designation becomes more powerful because the Cooperative Program was already there providing the base support for the ministry to which you are making a special gift.
I began this post by talking about how pastors can identify with the joy of the designated gift. I'll end by saying that pastors also appreciate the beauty of the unified budget in their church and the fact that most church gifts are undesignated. Can you imagine what would happen in church life if all of the money that was given was tied up in some designation? You might have plenty of money for the next missions trip but no money available to pay the phone bill, cover the pastor's health insurance, repair the leaky toilet, buy paper for the copier or do any of the other thousand things that the regular church budget covers.
Originally appeared as a post on Great Commission Kentucky.
The preceding article was from the Kentucky Baptist Convention which is affiliated with several Clay County churches who are members of the Booneville Baptist Association. Read the entire article at kybaptist.org.
Booneville Baptist Association consists of 25 churches in Clay and Owsley counties which are affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Kentucky Baptist Convention. For more news and information go to..... Booneville Baptist Association
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Kentucky Baptist Convention « Reply #114 on Oct 23, 2009, 8:33am »
High Attendance Sunday School Day Slated for Next Spring Release prepared by Kristie Randolph, KBC Communications
In an effort to encourage Kentucky Baptists to reach new people, the Kentucky Baptist Convention is organizing a High Attendance Sunday School event next spring. The event will also serve as a means of follow-up after the “Find it Here” door-to-door gospel distribution effort, scheduled to take place during the weeks leading up to Easter Sunday in 2010.
“It is absolutely essential for us to follow up on decisions made and interest expressed during ‘Find it Here,’” said KBC Sunday School Department Director Darryl Wilson, who is working with associational directors of missions to coordinate the High Attendance initiative.
“Sunday school classes are natural groups to care for and follow up with unconnected people, and high attendance days concentrate those efforts,” he said.
According to Wilson, the High Attendance Sunday School initiative is designed to help Sunday school members make a concerted effort to invite people they know to Sunday school. Since everyone is inviting their contacts to attend on the same Sunday, the initiative should naturally produce a larger number of attendees, Wilson said. Wilson said churches interested in participating will want to plan for a four-week process, beginning with a launch date of March 28 and ending with the High Attendance Sunday School day on April 18, two weeks after Easter. Preparation leading up to the four-week process will also be an important component of the effort, he said.
“In addition to strong pastoral leadership, a key part of preparing for High Attendance will be prayer. Prayer enables God-sized goals to be set, commitments to be made, invitations to be extended, and hearts prepared to care for new people,” said Wilson.
Wilson recommends that participating churches organize the High Attendance Sunday School focus through their existing Sunday school classes. Teachers can lead their classes to understand the purpose, set a goal, and provide encouragement for class members to follow through on their commitments, he said.
“The ultimate goal of the High Attendance effort is to extend God’s love through prayer, invitations, fellowship and class attendance,” said Wilson. “As a result, unconnected people begin connections with a class and church that lead them to the most important connection – one with Jesus Christ.”
The KBC is providing a number of materials to support churches in their plans for a High Attendance Sunday School. A preparation guide and sample poster will be mailed to each church, and additional posters will be available as a free download or for purchase for a nominal charge. Commitment cards and reminder postcards will also be available for free download.
Following the event, churches will have the opportunity to report their attendance totals through their associational office or through the KBC website:
For more information contact the KBC’s Sunday School Department at 502-489-3572 or 866-489-3572 (toll free).
The Kentucky Baptist Convention is a cooperative missions and ministry organization made up of more than 2,400 autonomous Baptist churches in Kentucky. A variety of state and worldwide ministries are coordinated through its administrative offices in Louisville, Ky. including: missions work, disaster relief, ministry training and support, church development, evangelism and more.
The preceding article was from the Kentucky Baptist Convention which is affiliated with several Clay County churches who are members of the Booneville Baptist Association. Read the entire article at kybaptist.org.
Booneville Baptist Association consists of 25 churches in Clay and Owsley counties which are affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Kentucky Baptist Convention. For more news and information go to..... Booneville Baptist Association
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Kentucky Baptist Convention « Reply #115 on Oct 28, 2009, 6:24am »
World Equestrian Games is Ministry Opportunity
"Don't miss the biggest equestrian event in American history," the slogan on a World Equestrian Games brochure reads.
More than 600,000 people from 100-plus countries are expected to arrive in Kentucky next year for the Sept. 25-Oct. 10 event. And believers in the state intend to be ready for the Olympics-like atmosphere. The Kentucky Horse Park, a 1,224-acre equestrian facility in Lexington operated by the state of Kentucky, will host the 16-day World Equestrian Games. During a Church and Community Day at the park, about 100 Christians gained a glimpse of the abundance of WEG-related volunteer outreach possibilities.
Not only will Kentuckians represent the Bluegrass State at the WEG next year, but the entire United States, said Harvey Thomas, a British Baptist and public relations consultant working closely with the Church and Community Day sponsor Affiliated International Ministries.
"Kentucky has the chance to change, improve or increase the image of the United States in 100 countries of the world," said Thomas, who previously served as press secretary for former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
AIM is the organization that will coordinate Christian ministries during the World Equestrian Games. It was established by Kentucky Baptist Convention missions consultant Larry Martin. The group is seeking a large number of volunteers to serve at next year's games in a variety of ministries, both in and around the Kentucky Horse Park.
During a panel discussion at the Church and Community Day Sept. 12, several AIM representatives talked about the volunteer opportunities that will be available for individuals, groups and churches. There are two ways to volunteer, AIM volunteer coordinator Jeff Rice said. One option is to sign up as an official WEG volunteer at the Kentucky Horse Park during the competitions. WEG volunteers are required to work six-hour shifts for a minimum of four of the event's 16 days and submit to a security check beforehand.
Another option is to become an AIM volunteer. The AIM group will work at various venues in and around Lexington.
AIM representative Ray Van Camp, director of church planting and development for Elkhorn Baptist Association, said AIM will have a presence at dozens of WEG-associated events, such as an International Equestrian Festival in downtown Lexington. The various outreach opportunities include staffing booths, participating in backyard Bible clubs at area hotels and campgrounds, storytelling and face-painting.
There also is a need for families and churches to open their doors to give World Equestrian Games volunteers from other countries a place to stay, noted Ken McDaniel, AIM hospitality coordinator and associate minister at Hill-n-Dale Christian Church in Lexington.
Much of the WEG outreach is being patterned after Christian outreach that takes place during the winter and summer Olympics every other year. LaRaine Rice, youth and college consultant with Kentucky Woman's Missionary Union, is coordinating Gospel presentation materials for AIM for the many opportunities provided at Olympics and WEG events.
"When so many people from so many different cultures come together in a neutral sports setting, it just opens up conversations," Rice said. "People are more open to hearing other thoughts, other beliefs and just learning from one another."
Part of the volunteer outreach will involve pin trading, a favorite pasttime of Olympics visitors. The "More Than Gold" pins, Rice said, help believers share the Gospel.
With so many details still left to be finalized before next year's games, Cindy Rullman emphasized that prayer is the most important way volunteers can be involved right now.
Because there may not be an opportunity for "overt evangelism" inside the park during the World Equestrian Games, Rullman, associate director of marketing for the Kentucky Horse Park, urged Christians to begin prayerwalking the park as much as possible.
"Our prayer effort from now through the games could make this place like stepping into the Holy of Holies," Rullman said. "I absolutely believe that we could ... have God's presence here in such a powerful way that none of us would have to open our mouths."
The World Equestrian Games, which features eight competition categories, is governed by the Federation Equestre International, which was founded in 1921 and now has 134 affiliated national federations globally. The official name of the games is Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Alltech, a lead corporate sponsor, is an animal health company.
The Kentucky Horse Park, which opened in November 1978, includes a number of tourist attractions and horse barns, with some 50 different breeds during peak summer months; the International Museum of the Horse and American Saddlebred Museum; offices of more than 30 national and regional equine organizations; and a 260-site resort campground.
The preceding article was from the Kentucky Baptist Convention which is affiliated with several Clay County churches who are members of the Booneville Baptist Association. Read the entire article at kybaptist.org.
Booneville Baptist Association consists of 25 churches in Clay and Owsley counties which are affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Kentucky Baptist Convention. For more news and information go to..... Booneville Baptist Association
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